Safety attachment for razors.



H. D. BUDDE & O. POESOHMANN.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR RAZORS.

APPLICATION FILED we. 26. 1908.

913,807. Patented M112, 1909.

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HARRY DANIEL BUDDE AND OTTO POESOHMANN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR BAZORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 26, 1908.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 450,403.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY DANIEL BUDDE and Or'ro PonsonMANN, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Safety Attachment for Razors, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvement in a safety attachment for razors, to be used with an ordinary razor; and the objects of our improvement are, first, to provide a safety attachment which when used with an ordinary razor prevents it from cutting the flesh, while in use to remove the board from the face; second, to provide a safety attachment for razors which afl'ords facilities for adjusting so that when used and adjusted on any razor will permit the razor to be used to shave from either side without readjusting the safety attachment; third, to provide a safety attachment which affords facilities for adjusting so that it may be attached to razor blades of different widths. e attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of the attachment in place on the razor; Fig. 2 is a view of the attachment at it appears looking directly at the front or cutting edge of the razor with the back of the razor down; Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the attachment from the end of the razor near the handle, showing continuous bar of guard with the razor in position for use, and screws which are used to adjust the guard in relation to blade, and slot in one of the u wardly extending uprights of holder for at justing guard to width of razor; Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the attachment from the extreme end of the razor showing slot in the other upwardly extending upright for adjusting guard to width of razor blade; Fig. 5 is a view of the screw in position, which connects the holder at either end of the attachment to the guard.

The attachment consists of a holder A which holds it in place on the blade of a razor; the holder extends in an oval shape over the back of the blade and at the edges bears against both sides of the blade as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 at a a and b b, the extreme edges of the holder fitting closely to the blade on both sides along the entire length of the holder as shown on one side in Fig. 1 from a to b, the opposite side being the same; from the holder at each end uprights extend upwardly which when the attachment is in place on the razor stand at right angles with the back of the razor blade 0 0; these uprights have a slot in each as shown in Figs. 3 and i, (Z d.

The guard B has toothed edges on both sides as shown in Fig. 2 and connects with the uprights of the holder by a bar 0 bent at right angles with the guard at the end of the razor with an eye f in the end of the bar to receive a screw as shown in Fig. 1 and the guard connects at the end near the handle of the razor with the upright of the holder by a continuous bar 9 extending at right angles with the guard around the razor blade with an eye 7b to receive a screw as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The guard connects with and is fastened to the holder by use of screws passing through the eyes f h of the bars 6 g and through the slots (1 d in the uprights c c, as shown in Fig. 1 atf i and h i, the screw which is used to fasten the bar to the holder as shown in Fig. 5 has a head j, a journal 7c and a threaded body Z which passes through the eye in the bar as shouui in Fig. 5 the shoulder of the journal fitting closely against the upright and the threaded body of the screw passing through the slot is tightened by the use of a nut m which fits closely against the upright on one side and the shoulder of the journal fits closely against the upright on the other side, holding the guard firmly in place; the journal 7; of the screw being a fraction longer than the thickness of the bars at f it allows the bars when the screw is tightened to play upon the journal and the guard can be shifted to either side of the razor blade permitting the razor to be used from either side of the blade.

By means of the slots (Z (Z in the uprights of the holder and the loosening and tightening of the screws atf i and h i the guard can be adjusted to fit razors with wide or narrow blades, which is accomplished by loosening the nut m and raising or lowering the bars 0 and g in the slots (Z (Z so as to bring the toothed edge of the guard in position with the cutting edge of the blade as shown in Fig. 1.

Two lugs extend inwardly from the continuous bar 9 at a n as shown in Fig. 2 in which are eyes with threads to receive a screw; into these eyes is inserted a screw with a head which. is used to adjust the cutting edge of the blade with the guard as shown in Fig. 3 at 0; this is accomplished by inserting the screws 19 p on either side a sufficient distance so that when the end of the screw comes in contact with the side of the blade of the razor the cutting edge of the blade will be in proper position with the toothed edge of the guard for use; by adjusting the guard in this manner on both sides by use of the two screws the guard may at will be shifted from one side to the other of the blade, and the razor with the attachment thus adjusted may be used to shave with either side.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination in a safety attachment for razors, of a holder constructed to extend over the back of the blade, the edges of the oval shaped part of the holder along its entire length pressing against both sides of the blade, uprights extending upwardly from the holder with slots therein; a guard with toothed edges and upwardly extending bars with eyes in end which connect with the upwardly extending uprights of the holder, a screw with head and journal and threaded body passing through the eye in the upthrough the threaded eye of the lugs of the upwardly extending bar of the guard on both sides of the blade substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY DANIEL BUDDE. OTTO POESOHMANN.

WVitnesses EUGENE MoQUILLIN, WM. L. BOHNENKAMP. 

